General knowledge quiz

POT LUCK

1 In Scottish Gaelic, what is a deoch-an-doris?

2 Based on a novel by Josh Malerman, what 2018 film features Sandra Bullock surviving in a world where one must be blindfolded to avoid supernatural entities?

3 In the United Kingdom which title is bestowed upon the wife or widow of an earl?

4 Which singer gave the name Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones to a son born in 1971?

5 How many months have just one syllable in their name?

6 In pantomime, who is Wishy Washy’s mother?

GEOGRAPHY

7 Subdivided into 100 centavos, the real is the currency unit of which country?

8 Separating the coasts of Lincolnshire and East Anglia, which inlet of the North Sea forms one of the largest bays in England?

9 In meteorology, what are mares’ tails?

10 The Waitomo caves, lit exclusively by glowworms, can be found in which country?

11 Until 1966, Basutoland was the name of which modern African kingdom?

12 The River Mersey flows into which sea?

MUSIC

13 Adapted from the lute during the 15th century, the mandolin originated in which European country?

14 Who directed The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years?

15 Who had the no 1 hit Shotgun in 2018?

16 7 Years is a 2016 chart-topping single from Lukas Graham, a soul band from which European country?

17 ‘As I walk along the Bois de Boulogne / With an independent air’ is a lyric from which musical hall song composed by Fred Gilbert?

18 Chris Gaines is the name adopted for a rock recording project by which star of country music?

NATURAL HISTORY

19 The devil’s coachhorse — Ocypus olens — is a species belonging to which order of the animal kingdom?

20 The strikingly beautiful Himalayan poppy of the Meconopsis genus characteristically bears flowers of which colour?

21 The bitter leaved chicory is a herb known in Belgium and other parts of Europe by which alternative name?

22 Parliament is commonly said to be the collective noun for a group of which birds?

23 Onyx, agate and heliotrope are ornamental varieties of which microcrystalline form of quartz?

24 The tarpan is an extinct wild species of which animal?

FILM

25 Which young actress starred as Annabel Banks in the 2018 film Mary Poppins Returns?

26 In which 1984 dark horror movie does a serial killer occupy a home at no 1428 on a street in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio?

27 The 2012 film version of the musical Les Miserables starred which Australian actor in the role of Jean Valjean?

28 Which 2003 Christmas film starring Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel was adapted into a Broadway musical in 2010?

29 Who directed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as the final four instalments in the main Harry Potter film series?

30 Which 2018 historical period comedy-drama film starred Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror